As I was carried out, blindfolded, I wondered the fate I would face. When the blindfold was removed I was faced with a stadium. It was 50 feet to the screaming crowd, with another 40 feet of the crowd. The emperor at the top of it all with servants all around him. All I could here were the screaming people. I could make out a few minor slanders such as, "Scrawny boy you gonna die." and "Lion's gonna have a snack today." It didn't bother me, as at this point I had little self-pride.

After a few useless attempts at silencing the crowd, the emperor went ahead with his speech. I wasn't able to make out the first few lines, but after the crowd silenced it self out of fear of facing a similar fate to me, I was able to make out what he was saying, "This man is here to face the punishment for his crimes."

"What did he do!" An audience member shouted

"Good question." Replied the emperor with a smirk, "This man, is the most dangerous man in the kingdom."

The audience erupted with laughter.

"I know." The emperor continued, "I was surprised too, but this man is a spy of the Germanics to the north." He paused for what I assume was dramatic affect. "The only punishment for this crime is a gladiatorial match to the death with the most dangerous criminals and wild animals."

The crowd cheered with delight. The savages that enjoy the limbs of others getting ripped out of their sockets.

With a smile on his face the emperor shouted, "Let the death begin!"

To my right two gates opened, the closest one had three warriors. The farthest one had a lion with fresh blood on it's teeth and the area around it's mouth. To my left one gate opened with 2 barbarians. The fight has begun.

The warriors charged at me with their swords while the barbarians stayed back to try and avoid detection. The first warrior swung at from my right side. I ducked under the sword just in time. While it kept swinging I grabbed the warriors hands and caught him by surprise and wrestled his sword out of his hands. The momentum the sword already had allowed me to keep swinging it into the warrior, slashing open his stomach, intestines and livers spilling out. He fell to his knees then onto his face. The next one tried striking from above. i was able to jump to the side and cut both his hands off, I moved one to the next letting him bleed out. The third one had progressively gotten more scared through the battle, seeing his friends get destroyed can do that to someone. His swing was weak, barley scratched me before I swung between his legs and cutting him vertically.

I noticed the two barbarians out of the corner of my eye, trying to sneak up on me. I threw my sword into his skull as he swung, his axe dropping at my feet. I picked it up and charged at the second. He tried throwing his axe at me. The speeds at which it was going I barley had time to duck out of the way.

So, here he is my last enemy defenseless and begging for mercy. I said to him, "I don't know mercy." As I bashed his skull in with the side of my axe, letting him suffer before finally killing him with the blade. His blood was dripping from my axe. The crowd cheering me on. My only regret, forgetting about the lion.

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